?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F32443%2F&rft.title=%22Yogurt+cartel%22+of+private+label+providers+in+France%3A+impact+on+prices+and+welfare&rft.creator=Bonnet%2C+C%C3%A9line&rft.creator=Bouamra-Mechemache%2C+Zohra&rft.subject=B-+ECONOMIE+ET+FINANCE&rft.description=During+the+period+2006+to+2012%2C+French+competition+authorities+pressed+charges+against+the+country%E2%80%99s+top+11+firms+for+engaging+in+a+price-fixing+cartel+in+the+fresh+dairy+store+brand+segment.+Using+an+empirical+vertical+bargaining+model%2C+this+paper+studies+the+effects+of+the+%22yogurt+cartel%22+on+the+price+of+store+brand+and+national%0D%0Abrand+products%2C+on+the+profit+sharing+between+dairy+dessert+companies+and+retailers%2C+and+consumer+welfare.+We+find+that+data+supports+collusive+behavior+in+the+dairy+dessert+market.+The+cartel+leads+to+price+effects+for+store+brands+varying+from+7.3%25+for+other+dairy+desserts+to+11.3%25+for+yogurts%2C+and+those+price+effects+would+even+be%0D%0Astronger+if+the+cartel+also+affects+the+ability+of+retailers+to+negotiate+with+manufacturers.+We+also+show+that+in+a+hypothetical+situation+without+the+collusion+of+private+label+providers%2C+the+prices+of+national+brands+would+have+been+higher+and+manufacturers%E2%80%99+profits+for+the+sales+of+their+national+brand+products+would+have+been+lower.+The+cartel+thus+benefits+manufacturers+both+in+the+national+brand+and+private+label+markets.+We+show+that+the+national+brand+dairy+dessert+market+should+be+taken+into+account+when+evaluating+the+damages+to+the+private+label+dairy+dessert+market%2C+which+the+French+competition+authorities+failed+to+do.&rft.publisher=TSE+Working+Paper&rft.date=2019-05&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F32443%2F1%2Fwp_tse_1012.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bonnet%2C+C%C3%A9line+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F128209712%3E+and+Bouamra-Mechemache%2C+Zohra+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F166736406%3E++(2019)+%22Yogurt+cartel%22+of+private+label+providers+in+France%3A+impact+on+prices+and+welfare.++TSE+Working+Paper%2C+n.+19-1012%2C+Toulouse+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Ftse-fr.eu%2Fpub%2F122945&rft.language=en